Technology: [T1] The Economist looks at the costs and benefits of air conditioning. If you read only one of these links, this is probably the one I would recommend. [T2] This is made more interesting as my smartphone word-predict tries… Continue Reading
Preamble: If you know anything about towing and trailer hitches, I could use your counsel. I need a hitch ball for my Forester because the towing package inexplicably did not come with one. The problem is that I can’t find… Continue Reading
Here is a tip: If you are getting a call from an unknown phone number that is a Utah area code (385, 801, or 435), there is a really good chance it is a telemarketer or pollster. Utah and Idaho… Continue Reading
In the Memphis Flyer, Chris Harrington writes about attempts to change the name of various parks named for the Confederacy. In it, he states: The parks issue is essentially a localized proxy war in a larger conflict over the past,… Continue Reading
As a lot of you know, American Airlines is merging with US Airways. Actually, it’s the latter that is more or less incorporating the former. More on that in a minute. Matthew Yglesias says that this means the end of… Continue Reading
In terms of pure numbers, Texas has the most, followed by Florida, California, Georgia, Ohio, Alabama, Louisiana, Virginia, Illinois, and North Carolina to round out the top ten. By a different, per-something, measure, Florida is on top, followed by Georgia,… Continue Reading
As some of you may recall, little Lain has hip dysplasia, a condition where her leg sockets did not properly form. Because of this, she has to wear a harness to keep them in place so that they will form… Continue Reading
International: [I1] Fans of the movie Spaceballs will appreciate this. [I2] The residential property in the ten most expensive London boroughs is now worth as much as all the housing in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland combined…” [I3] According to… Continue Reading
[In the spirit of A Billion Rising, I decided to repost of an old item from Hit Coffee.] Delsie wasn’t my first girlfriend or my first… first, but she was my first many-other-things. She was something of a crystal-waver and… Continue Reading
Last year, for 2010, we sent in to the State of Arapaho our taxes and were due a refund of $314. We were late getting it in due to the federal government inexplicably doing a system update in October that… Continue Reading